Rapid7

module

WebCalendar 1.2.4 Pre-Auth Remote Code Injection

Disclosed
Apr 23, 2012
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits a vulnerability found in k5n.us WebCalendar, version 1.2.4 or
less. If not removed, the settings.php script meant for installation can be
update by an attacker, and then inject code in it. This allows arbitrary code
execution as www-data.

Authors

Platform

Linux,Unix

Architectures

cmd

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


msf > use exploit/linux/http/webcalendar_settings_exec
msf exploit(webcalendar_settings_exec) > show targets
...targets...
msf exploit(webcalendar_settings_exec) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(webcalendar_settings_exec) > show options
...show and set options...
msf exploit(webcalendar_settings_exec) > exploit

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